USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy, which served during and after World War II. She was the first...

been named USS Guadalcanal, after the epic Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The first USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was an escort...

authorities declared Guadalcanal secure on 9 February 1943. Two U.S. Navy ships have been named for the campaign: USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a World War...

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Guadalcanal Campaign, a World War II military campaign fought on and around Guadalcanal USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), a World War II escort carrier USS Guadalcanal...

steamed to Norfolk, Virginia on 10 May and joined escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and her hunter-killer group under Captain Daniel V. Gallery. The...

USS St. Lo (AVG/ACV/CVE–63) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy during World War II. On 25 October 1944, St. Lo became the...

Prior to the creation of the escort carrier hull classification symbol (CVE) on 15 July 1943, these ships were designated as Auxiliary aircraft escort...

hunter-killer group formed around USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). During the last year of the European war, while operating with the Guadalcanal group, Chatelain joined...

appear to be named for cities or islands, such as USS Casablanca (CVE-55) or USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) were actually named for battles fought at those locations...

formed around USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). He was serving as Pillsbury's assistant engineering and electrical officer when Guadalcanal's task group located...

in June by a “hunter-killer” group formed around escort carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). Relocating to the Pacific theatre of operations, her duties included...

submarine officer to rendezvous with the escort aircraft carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) hunter-killer group, which had just captured the U-505 in an epic...

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USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) was the second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built to serve the United States Navy during World War II. Launched...

USS Sangamon (CVE-26) was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally Esso Trenton, a T3 tanker oiler, built by the Federal Shipbuilding and...

June Capture of U-505 – German submarine U-505 is captured by USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and her destroyer escorts off Cape Verde. 6 June Invasion of Normandy...

USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) was the forty-fifth of fifty Casablanca-class escort carrier built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...

USS Kalinin Bay (CVE-68) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She originally designated an AVG, was classified ACV-68 on 20...

USS Cape Esperance (CVE-88) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was named after the Battle of Cape Esperance, an inconclusive...

to get underway. Scroggins departed Norfolk on 15 May to screen Guadalcanal (CVE-60) off Jacksonville while the escort carrier qualified pilots for carrier...

USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) was the twenty-third of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...

escort carrier or escort aircraft carrier (U.S. hull classification symbol CVE), also called a "jeep carrier" or "baby flattop" in the United States Navy...

USS Wake Island (CVE-65) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was laid down under a United States Maritime Commission contract...

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Bay. USS Astrolabe Bay (ACV-60), was an auxiliary aircraft carrier, laid down on 5 January 1943. She was renamed Guadalcanal on 3 April 1943. USS Astrolabe...

383) Includes the CVEs USS Gambier Bay and USS St. Lo lost in the Battle off Samar. Wasp was enroute to ongoing Invasion of Guadalcanal when sunk by Japanese...

Neunzer was detached from TF 62 to join escort aircraft carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) in a hunter-killer group. Following training at Casco Bay, Maine...

USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86) was the thirty-second of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...

USS Makin Island (CVE-93) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. It was named for the 1942 Makin raid, an early diversionary...